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“A SIMPLE PLAN – What Went Right”
By: Dan Jones
“Nobody would ever believe that you’d be capable of doing what you’ve done,” acknowledges Bridget Fonda’s character of the chilling “A Simple Plan.” And, thankfully, author/screenwriter Scott (B.) Smith (The Ruins) is aware of his characters’ flaws – the key to blending fictional realism with originality.
“A Simple Plan” is the straightforward story of a few wanderers stumbling upon a large sum of money in a crashed plane. Who needs it, who wants it, should they take it? Sure, it’s a cold world, but sometimes it’s difficult to decipher right from wrong. Once the viewer is comfortable with this notion, characters may then seem to jump into icy water a little too fast. While debating if the situation would truly play out this way, the viewer remembers that these imperfect characters have been on thin ice from the beginning.
The suspense of “A Simple Plan” draws us in, because there is time to understand the meaning of a rash decision. No one’s catching up, they’re reviewing their steps (specifically, snow tracks).
Director Sam Raimi lends a hand by giving time to justify the characters’ motives, as well as preserving traditional transitions from large moon fadeouts, to smash cuts of screeching crows, to elegant dissolves from one wintry location to another. The enchanting tone is refreshing, enriches the uncomplicated story, and has you questioning your own morality. A few of the drastic measures may seem rushed or forced; but most actions, when one is cornered, are nothing less than a forced decision.
Enjoy the chills.
**** (out of five)
• 1998 Academy Award nominations went to Scott (B.) Smith for adapting his novel to screenplay, and Billy Bob Thornton for supporting actor.
• release was before Billy Bob and Angelina Jolie’s divorce, or Bill Paxton was an HBO three woman man, or Sam Raimi directed “Spider-Man.”
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“NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN”
**** 1/2(out of five)
The Coen Brothers love the ransom note, and finding, laundering, and stealing money. “No Country for Old Men,” however, creates a new world for them. It’s their first novel adaptation (Cormac McCarthy: All the Pretty Horses, The Road) and less quirky. Josh Brolin finds a bag of money at a field of dead men and dogs. As most Coen Brothers’ movies go, the ending takes time to decipher. The film acts as a cat and mouse chase until it abruptly halts and wraps up loose ends in more than enough scenes of tranquility. This heads up of an unhurried resolution may help you appreciate the concise underlying messages.
“SHALLOW GRAVE”
**** (out of five)
Stars Ewan McGreggor before international Star Wars status and director Danny Boyle’s (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) first feature. Again, friends stumble upon money and a dead body. (Tip: If you happen to find a bag full of money, a dead body may be close by.) This is one of the first film dealing with the qualms of disposing of bodies and the average introvert losing his mind. Stylish and haunts your rafters.
“MILLIONS”
** (out of five)
Another of Danny Boyle’s. It’s told through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy. Money’s found. Bad guys come around. Finders-keepers and morals? It’s tough mixing genres.
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Posted in Film · June 27th, 2010 · Comments (0)
In the ranking of the magazine “free movies online“, was released 10 best drama movies in the history of cinema.
Coming up with a list of the top 10 best drama movies of all time was definitely a challenge. There are so many classic
films/movies out there that even narrowing it down to just 10 was tough.
10th Place
Forrest Gump (1994)
The story follows the life of low I.Q. Forrest Gump and his meeting with the love of his life Jenny. The film chronicles his accidental experiences with some of the most important people and events in America from the late 1950’s through the 1970’s including a meeting with Elvis Presley, JFK, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, fighting in Vietnam, etc. The problem is, he’s too stupid to realize the significance of his actions. Forrest becomes representative of the baby boomer generation having walked through life blindly.
9th Place
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975)
McMurphy thinks he can get out of doing work while in prison by pretending to be mad. His plan backfires when he is sent to a mental asylum. He tries to liven the place up a bit by playing card games and basketball with his fellow inmates, but the head nurse is after him at every turn.
8th Place
The Dark Knight (2008)
With just one year having passed after taking out Ra’s Al Ghul’s plan to have Gotham eliminated and the mysterious disappearance of Dr. Jonathan Crane AKA the Scarecrow, and after the city was nearly plundered with his toxins, Bruce Wayne and his vigilante alter-ego the Batman, continue the seemingly endless effort to bring order to Gotham, with the help of Lt. James Gordon and newly appointed District Attorney Harvey Dent. But a new threat has now emerged into the streets. The Dark Knight faces a rising psychopathic criminal called The Joker, whose eerie grin, laughter, and inhuman morality makes him as dangerous than what he has yet to unleash. It becomes an agenda to Batman to stop the mysterious Joker at all costs, knowing that both of them are in an opposite line. One has no method at all and seeks to see the world plunge into the fire he has yet to light. One represents the symbol of hope and uses his own shadow to bring the peace and order he has yet to accomplish doing.
7th Place
Gone with the Wind (1939)
Scarlett is a woman who can deal with a nation at war, Atlanta burning, the Union Army carrying off everything from her beloved Tara, the carpetbaggers who arrive after the war. Scarlett is beautiful. She has vitality. But Ashley, the man she has wanted for so long, is going to marry his placid cousin, Melanie. Mammy warns Scarlett to behave herself at the party at Twelve Oaks. There is a new man there that day, the day the Civil War begins. Rhett Butler. Scarlett does not know he is in the room when she pleads with Ashley to choose her instead of Melanie.
6th Place
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
The story, set in ’50s Hollywood, focuses on Norma Desmond, a silent-screen goddess whose pathetic belief in her own indestructibility has turned her into a demented recluse. The crumbling Sunset Boulevard mansion where she lives with only her butler, Max who was once her director and husband has become her self-contained world. Norma dreams of a comeback to pictures and she begins a relationship with Joe Gillis, a small-time writer who becomes her lover, that will soon end with murder and total madness.
5th Place
Schindler’s List (1993)
Oskar Schindler is a vain, glorious and greedy German businessman who becomes unlikely humanitarian amid the barbaric Nazi reign when he feels compelled to turn his factory into a refuge for Jews. Based on the true story of Oskar Schindler who managed to save about 1100 Jews from being gassed at the Auschwitz concentration camp. A testament for the good in all of us.
4th Place
Citizen Kane (1941)
The newspaper baron Charles Foster Kane, one of the richest and most powerful men in America if not the world, dies. A newspaperman digs into his past seeking the meaning of his enigmatic last word: “Rosebud.” He finds evidence of a child torn away from his family to serve Mammon. Grown into manhood, Charles Foster Kane becomes a newspaperman to indulge his idealism. He marries the niece of the man who will become President of the United States, and gradually assumes more and more power while losing more and more of his soul. Kane’s money and power does not bring him happiness, as he has lost his youthful idealism, as has the America he is a symbol for.
3th Place
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Alex, a violent juvenile in the near future, is caught after a number of brutal rapes and murders. While imprisoned, he submits to a controversial experiment to make criminals ill at the mildest suggestion of violence or conflict. Now Alex’s victims want to welcome him back into society with the same enthusiasm he has always exhibited when performing his crimes.
2th Place
The Godfather (1972)
The story begins as “Don” Vito Corleone, the head of a New York Mafia “family”, oversees his daughter’s wedding. His beloved son Michael has just come home from the war, but does not intend to become part of his father’s business. Through Michael’s life the nature of the family business becomes clear. The business of the family is just like the head of the family, kind and benevolent to those who give respect, but given to ruthless violence whenever anything stands against the good of the family. Don Vito lives his life in the way of the old country, but times are changing and some don’t want to follow the old ways and look out for community and “family”. An up and coming rival of the Corleone family wants to start selling drugs in New York, and needs the Don’s influence to further his plan. The clash of the Don’s fading old world values and the new ways will demand a terrible price, especially from Michael, all for the sake of the family.
1th Place
Shawshank Redemption (1994)
The Shawshank Redemption, released in 1994, is the impressive directing debut of screenwriter Frank Darabont, who adapted the script from Stephen King’s short story, Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption. The powerful and inspiring tale chronicles the life of falsely imprisoned inmate Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins) and his friend Red (Morgan Freeman) – a man who can get things – inside the dark corridors of Shawshank State Prison and their redemptive journey back into the light. The film didn’t win any of the seven Oscars it was nominated for in 1994, but it’s gone on to achieve “new classic” status. Get busy livin’, or get busy dyin’.
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Posted in Film · June 15th, 2010 · Comments (0)